# Guasca
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{{For|the plant named Guasca|Galinsoga parviflora}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Guasca
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|settlement_type = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Colombia) and town
|image_skyline = Guasca vista desde el occidente.jpg
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|image_caption = View of Guasca from the west
|image_flag = Flag of Guasca (Cundinamarca).svg
|image_shield = Escudo de Guasca - Cundinamarca.svg
|image_map = Colombia - Cundinamarca - Guasca.svg
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|map_caption = Location of the municipality and town of Guasca in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
|pushpin_map = Colombia
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}}
|subdivision_type1 = [Department](/source/departments_of_Colombia)
|subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Cundinamarca.svg}} [Cundinamarca](/source/Cundinamarca_Department)
|subdivision_type2 = Province
|subdivision_name2 = [Guavio Province](/source/Guavio_Province)
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Miguel Arturo Garavito Diaz
(2016-2019)
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 21 June 1600
|founder = Luis Enríquez
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|area_total_km2 = 346
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|population_total = 14759
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|timezone = Colombia Standard Time
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|website = [http://www.guasca-cundinamarca.gov.co/ Official website]
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'''Guasca''' is a Colombian town and municipality in the [Guavio Province](/source/Guavio_Province), part of the [Cundinamarca Department](/source/Cundinamarca_Department) located approximately 55 km from [Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1) passing through the town of [La Calera, Cundinamarca](/source/La_Calera%2C_Cundinamarca) or 65 km passing through [Sopó](/source/Sop%C3%B3). Guasca borders the municipalities [Tocancipá](/source/Tocancip%C3%A1) and [Guatavita](/source/Guatavita) in the north, [Junín](/source/Jun%C3%ADn%2C_Cundinamarca) in the east, in the south [La Calera](/source/La_Calera%2C_Cundinamarca) and in the west [Sopó](/source/Sop%C3%B3).[{{in lang|es}} [http://www.guasca-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml Official website Guasca] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711120205/http://guasca-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml |date=2017-07-11 }} - accessed 05-05-2016]
== History ==
Before the [Spanish conquest of the Muisca](/source/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Muisca) of the central highlands of the Colombian [Andes](/source/Andes), the [Altiplano Cundiboyacense](/source/Altiplano_Cundiboyacense), the area was inhabited by the [Muisca](/source/Muisca_people) who spoke [Chibcha](/source/Chibcha_language). Guasca was ruled by a ''[cacique](/source/cacique)'' who was loyal to the ''cacique'' of [Guatavita](/source/Guatavita).[ In the [religion](/source/Muisca_religion) of the Muisca, the [Siecha Lakes](/source/Siecha_Lakes) were considered sacred.][{{cite book |author=Ocampo López, Javier |authorlink=Javier Ocampo López |year=2013 |title=Mitos y leyendas indígenas de Colombia |trans-title=Indigenous myths and legends of Colombia |location=Bogotá, Colombia |publisher=Plaza & Janes Editores Colombia S.A. |isbn=978-958-14-1416-1 |page=226 | language=es}}]
== Etymology ==
According to [friar](/source/friar) and [Muisca scholar](/source/List_of_Muisca_scholars) [Bernardo de Lugo](/source/Bernardo_de_Lugo) the name Guasca is derived from ''guâ'', "mountain range" and ''shucâ''; "skirt". The name thus means "skirt of the mountain range", indicating the position of the village with respect to the [Eastern Ranges](/source/Cordillera_Oriental_(Colombia)) of the Colombian Andes.[{{in lang|es}} [https://muysca.cubun.org/Gram%C3%A1tica_de_Lugo/fol_7r Etymology Guasca according to Bernardo de Lugo] - accessed 05-05-2016]
== Economy ==
Main economical activities of Guasca are [agriculture](/source/agriculture); [potato](/source/potato)es, [carrot](/source/carrot)s, flowers and [strawberries](/source/strawberry) and [dairy](/source/dairy) farming.[
== Tourism ==
Guasca is known for [ecotourism](/source/ecotourism) and has access to [Chingaza Natural National Park](/source/Chingaza_Natural_National_Park). Other natural areas are [Los Encenillos](/source/Los_Encenillos) and the [Siecha Lakes](/source/Siecha_Lakes).
== Born in Guasca ==
* [Mariano Ospina Rodríguez](/source/Mariano_Ospina_Rodr%C3%ADguez) - president of the [Granadine Confederation](/source/Granadine_Confederation)
== Trivia ==
* The plant ''[Galinsoga parviflora](/source/Galinsoga_parviflora)'' is called "Guasca(s)" in Colombia and an essential ingredient of the soup [ajiaco](/source/ajiaco)
* The spiders ''[Anapis guasca](/source/Anapis_guasca)'',][{{wikispecies-inline|Anapis}}] ''[Deinopis guasca](/source/Deinopis_guasca)'',[{{wikispecies-inline|Deinopis}}] and moth ''[Dognina guasca](/source/Dognina_guasca)''[{{wikispecies-inline|Dognina}}] are found in and named after Guasca
==Climate==
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Guasca, elevation {{convert|2750|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1981–2010)
|Jan high C = 19.2
|Feb high C = 19.4
|Mar high C = 19.5
|Apr high C = 18.9
|May high C = 18.4
|Jun high C = 17.4
|Jul high C = 17.0
|Aug high C = 17.2
|Sep high C = 17.8
|Oct high C = 18.5
|Nov high C = 18.8
|Dec high C = 18.9
| year high C = 18.4
|Jan mean C = 13.2
|Feb mean C = 13.5
|Mar mean C = 13.6
|Apr mean C = 13.6
|May mean C = 13.5
|Jun mean C = 13.0
|Jul mean C = 12.6
|Aug mean C = 12.8
|Sep mean C = 13.0
|Oct mean C = 13.2
|Nov mean C = 13.5
|Dec mean C = 13.4
| year mean C = 13.2
|Jan low C = 5.9
|Feb low C = 6.6
|Mar low C = 7.3
|Apr low C = 8.3
|May low C = 8.5
|Jun low C = 8.4
|Jul low C = 8.2
|Aug low C = 8.1
|Sep low C = 7.5
|Oct low C = 7.6
|Nov low C = 7.8
|Dec low C = 6.6
| year low C = 7.6
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 37.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 46.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 68.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 83.4
|May precipitation mm = 94.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 71.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 72.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 59.1
|Sep precipitation mm = 52.6
|Oct precipitation mm = 85.0
|Nov precipitation mm = 80.8
|Dec precipitation mm = 43.7
|year precipitation mm = 794.9
| Jan precipitation days = 7
| Feb precipitation days = 9
| Mar precipitation days = 12
| Apr precipitation days = 16
| May precipitation days = 20
| Jun precipitation days = 21
| Jul precipitation days = 22
| Aug precipitation days = 20
| Sep precipitation days = 16
| Oct precipitation days = 15
| Nov precipitation days = 14
| Dec precipitation days = 10
| year precipitation days = 177
| Jan humidity = 83
| Feb humidity = 82
| Mar humidity = 82
| Apr humidity = 84
| May humidity = 85
| Jun humidity = 84
| Jul humidity = 85
| Aug humidity = 85
| Sep humidity = 84
| Oct humidity = 83
| Nov humidity = 84
| Dec humidity = 83
| year humidity = 84
|source 1 = [Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales](/source/Institute_of_Hydrology%2C_Meteorology_and_Environmental_Studies_(Colombia))[{{cite web
|url=http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios+Climatol%C3%B3gicos++1981+-+2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815025712/http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios%2BClimatol%C3%B3gicos%2B%2B1981%2B-%2B2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128
|archive-date=15 August 2016
|title=Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010
|publisher=Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales
|language=es
|access-date= 17 June 2024
|url-status=dead}}]
}}
== Gallery ==
{{left|
File:IglesiaSanJacintoEnGuasca.jpg|Basilica of Saint Hyacinth
File:Iglesia de san jacinto.jpg|Basilica of Saint Hyacinth
File:Vista nocturna de Iglesia San Jacinto.JPG|Basilica of Saint Hyacinth by night
}}
{{clear left}}
{{left|
File:20 de julio MOR 2013.JPG|Street view
File:Capilla de Siecha 8.JPG|Siecha chapel
File:Lagunas de Siecha.jpg|Siecha Lakes
}}
{{clear left}}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
{{commons category|Guasca}}
* [https://www.cafelahuerta.com/ Café la Huerta]
{{Municipalities cundinamarca department}}
Category:Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department
Category:Populated places established in 1600
Category:1600 establishments in the Spanish Empire
Category:Populated places of the Muisca Confederation
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